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Which would you choose? Browning Titanium vs Sako Finnlight?
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<blockquote data-quote="sewwhat89" data-source="post: 84197" data-attributes="member: 4587"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>I'm going to look at the A-bolt Titanium but I have not heard anything good about them. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>I have seen them, 300 WSM A-Bolt Ti, in action. The guy intended to use the rifle as his elk gun and chose 180 AB to shoot with it. The 180s did not shoot for poo! He then tried 165 NBT. The first 8 rounds went into the same hole at 100 yards. Velocity is low imo, but his load will work for close in work. Final load is 63 or 64 gr IMR 4350 at 2980 fps in his rifle. His brother's shot the 180 AB good enough to hunt with. He could keep them under 8 inches at 500 yards. Personally, I don't think that's very good, and his load is weak too for the WSM. IMR 4350 63gr @ 2880 fps.</p><p></p><p>I am shooting the 300 SAUM 175smk @2950 fps and have shot groups as low as 1.44" ctc at 535 yards. </p><p></p><p>This is just what I have witnessed, but the WSMs should have been loaded hotter for the next node imo for elk hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sewwhat89, post: 84197, member: 4587"] [ QUOTE ] I'm going to look at the A-bolt Titanium but I have not heard anything good about them. [/ QUOTE ] I have seen them, 300 WSM A-Bolt Ti, in action. The guy intended to use the rifle as his elk gun and chose 180 AB to shoot with it. The 180s did not shoot for poo! He then tried 165 NBT. The first 8 rounds went into the same hole at 100 yards. Velocity is low imo, but his load will work for close in work. Final load is 63 or 64 gr IMR 4350 at 2980 fps in his rifle. His brother's shot the 180 AB good enough to hunt with. He could keep them under 8 inches at 500 yards. Personally, I don't think that's very good, and his load is weak too for the WSM. IMR 4350 63gr @ 2880 fps. I am shooting the 300 SAUM 175smk @2950 fps and have shot groups as low as 1.44" ctc at 535 yards. This is just what I have witnessed, but the WSMs should have been loaded hotter for the next node imo for elk hunting. [/QUOTE]
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